Hello and welcome to Follow the Leader. Before I begin the story there is one thing that I would like to point out. I have gotten no reviews for the fourth chapter of this story. I am very disappointed and you readers are lucky to have this chapter out there. I am feeling discouraged by the lack of reviews and I do not know if this chapter will be any good. I hope it is. Anyway, if you want the next chapter out ever, then you have to review. If not, then I will just have to try to transfer my creative energy to Salvation, what be thy name? I will be updating that story soon anyway because I ACTUALLY GOT REVIEWS FOR THAT STORY! I'm sorry. I guess I'm ranting again. I think I'll just start the story now. On to Follow the Leader.

Disclaimer: I don't frigging own the Teen Titans! The only thing I own is Robyn. She is mine and mine alone.

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Chapter Five

Threats and Movies

Silently, Raven stood outside the living room door, hoping to postpone the moment when she would have to invite their guests to stay the night. The last thing she wanted was to stay up all night watching stupid movies, especially the kinds she knew her friends were likely to pick. She found herself dreading Starfire's choice in particular. All the happy-happy, joy-joy crap that's going to be in her movie is bound to make me literally sick, she thought. Raven didn't notice when her masked leader snuck up behind her and she nearly jumped a mile into the air after what he did next.

Realizing that she still hadn't noticed him, Robin leaned in to whisper in her ear, "What's wrong Raven? You're not scared of a couple movies, are you?"

"Of course not," she hissed at him after she regained her composure. Raven couldn't understand how he did that. That was not the first time he had managed to get the better of her within the hour.

"Aww, come on, Raven, don't get mad at me. It's not my fault I'm so good at getting under your skin. I just like to see you squirm," he said, as if reading her mind. Whoa, where did that come from? I think I'm flirting with Raven. Oh my god, he thought as he watched her shift under his gaze.

"Great, I'm going to have another idiot following me around trying to make me laugh or piss me off, now aren't I? That's great. It just means I have somebody else asking me for an early death," she growled. He knew it was an insult from her to compare him to Beast Boy, and it didn't escape his notice that she just had.

"Hey, you can say whatever you want but that doesn't change the fact that I know how to get to you, does it?" he asked her. He also knew full well that he was hitting on a nerve with that last comment, implying that he could manipulate her into doing whatever he wanted. The look on her face told him that she didn't like not being the one to pull the strings. Not at all.

"You ought to know better than to threaten me, Robin. I don't like the way this conversation is going."

"And which way would you like it to go?"

He had stepped closer to her as they talked, and they were now a hair's breathe away from touching. She lifted her hands and physically shoved him away from her. With something akin to amusement, he realized that he had once again gotten under her skin. That's Robin-3, Raven-0, he thought with relish.

"Robin, if you ever imply anything like that again, then I will personally see to it that you live to regret it," she growled, giving him a look that made sure he knew she intended to keep her promise.

Trying not to crack under her hard gaze, he answered he stare with one of his ever-so-famous, cocky grins.

"Yeah, whatever, Raven. I'm sure you intend to brutally maul your leader into a bloody pulp," he said with a voice that somehow managed not to convey his fear. As he stepped past her through the doorway into the living room, Robin let his hand brush up against her hip. He felt her angry glare on him all the way to the couch but knew she was too embarrassed to do anything about it in front of the others. He sat down and turned to look at her standing in the doorway. He cocked an eyebrow, silently daring her not to ask them. She moved her gaze from him onto the rest of the room. She saw most everyone one in the same places they had been when she had left. The only ones to move had been Terra and Beast Boy. She assumed that they had moved to the couch after he had asked her out. Raven sighed audibly. She definitely did not want to do this but it was the only way she could get the picture from Robin, save for violence. Though the thought appealed to her at the moment, she knew she would regret it if they had to go on a call without him. Summing up her courage, Raven cleared her throat loudly. Everyone looked up at her in a mildly surprised way. Now or never, she thought downcastedly.

"Um… I was, uh, just sort of wondering, if, uh, you guys, well, if you wanted to, um, stay the night," Raven began as she directed the comment to Robyn, Speedy, and Aqualad. She glanced at Robin, who seemed to be enjoying watching her struggle for words. Filled with irritation, she continued with more confidence, "Yeah, Robin wants to know if you all want to stay the night and watch some movies with us." Risking another glance at him, she found he was no longer amused but rather angry.

"Sure," Speedy answered for both him and Robyn after he regained himself realizing that the only way Raven would ask anyone to stay the night at the tower was if someone put her up to it.

"I'm game," Aqualad said as he grinned broadly at her. She fought the urge not to smile back at him with difficulty. At least he isn't being an ass, she found herself thinking.

"Just wonderful. I'm going to my room now," she said to the room in general. As she turned and walked through the door, Robin was up in a flash, catching her in the hall and shutting the door behind them.

"You weren't supposed to say it was my idea," he growled at her. She shrugged him off.

"You never told me not to," she said lazily.

"This changes the whole thing. Now you have something additional to do if you don't want copies of that picture to magically turn up in Beast Boy's and Cyborg's rooms." Robin was angry. She had messed up his plan and now he had to change all the rules. If she was going to play like that then he had to find something threatening that she couldn't turn to her advantage.

"No way," she yelled furiously, not caring that the teens in the room beyond would be able to hear her every word, "That was not part of the deal! You said I just had to make the offer and watch the movies!"

"I never told you that you could tell them it was my idea so we're even!"

Raven glared at him, saying nothing and imagining horrible ways for him to die. She came up with 1,593 in a time span of about three seconds.

"Fine," she growled in a barley audible whisper, "but I had better get that picture."

"Just don't get cute again and you might have a chance."

Raven didn't respond but turned and walked off down the hall, presumably to her room. Robin spun around and walked through the door behind him. Everyone was looking at him with similar looks on each of their faces. There were some raised eyebrows and disbelieving expressions.

"Dude, you're alive," Beast Boy breathed in awe.

"So what?" Robin said in an annoyed fashion.

"'So what?' What do you mean so what? Raven was screaming her ass off out there and you just walked in here without even a scratch. How in hell did you do that?" Beast Boy inquired with bewilderment. Robin just shrugged and sat back down on the couch as if nothing had happened. All the people in the room continued to stare at him. Robin finally looked at them and cocked an eyebrow as if to say 'what?'

"So…," Cyborg began, "are you going to tell us what our quiet, introverted Raven was yelling about or not?"

"I… uh… have a, uh, possession that she wants and, well, I sort of… bribed her into doing something I asked," Robin stated with a sigh, being very careful of his words.

"What kind of possession? And what did you tell her to do? Ask us to watch the movies?" Speedy queried.

Ignoring the first question, Robin answered his friend, "At first that was what I asked her to do. Now I have to change up my… request." He was still picking his words out conscientiously.

"And you have decided to do what, Friend Robin?"

"I am not at liberty to discuss the details at this point in time," Robin said vaguely.

"Stop playing 'lawyer Robin' and tell us what this is about," Robyn interjected unexpectedly.

"Sorry, but she'd skin me alive if I told you anything else. Come to think of it, she might skin me alive now. I shouldn't have said anything. Look guys, I'm going to go train or something." With that Robin, too, walked through the door, with every intent and purpose of training for the few hours until lunch.

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In the safety of the hologram room, Raven was taking the time to vent her frustrations on a few battles with some of their enemies. The holograms were programed to fight like their flesh-and-blood counterparts and Raven was actually enjoying beating the tar out of the H.I.V.E. members, Killer Moth, Control Freak, and the like. She was beginning to see why Robin took up much of his time in the training room.

Raven defeated another enemy in a flash of black energy and flying punches. As she took up her battle stance for the next rival on the list she became aware of someone watching her. She looked around warily. Finally deciding that the intruder was watching her from the control room so as to be hidden from her sight by a one-way mirror, she called out the code to stop the training session and headed up the stairs to the room. She was more than ready for her uninvited guest and intended to persuade them to leave. Whether or not that involved bodily harm was up to them.

However, when she passed through the door to the control room, she was greeted by the sight of a certain boy wonder leaning back in a chair with his feet propped up in front of him. He seemed unabashed that she had caught him.

"What are you doing in here? Why were you watching me?" she grilled him angrily.

"You know, you fight very well without your powers. I'm surprised. I thought you had to depend on them in a battle more than you actually do. I could help you get better, you know, train with you or something. If you want me to, that is," he said calmly, ignoring her inquiries.

"I am perfectly capable of training on my own, thank you very much."

"I never insinuated you weren't, Raven."

"Then why the offer?"

"Because sometimes I can be a nice person, Goth Girl. I'd have thought that I'd saved your skin enough for you to realize that by now," he said, mimicking her words from the day before and noting with some satisfaction that she blushed slightly as he turned her own words on her.

"Whatever, Wonder Boy," she said as she made an attempt at her usual unemotional self.

"If you ever change your mind, then don't hesitate to ask. Oh yeah, and lunch is ready," he said with a sigh. Both turned towards the door and walked to the living room. He purposely walked slower than her, as he didn't want to repeat the other episode from the day before.

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Lunch passed without incident and the inhabitants of the tower once again went off to do what they pleased until the movies were supposed to start. They had decided to start playing the movies at 7:00 and when the time rolled around everyone was on time except for Beast Boy and Starfire. But both titans appeared a few minutes later. Starfire came first, carrying armfuls of popcorn and junk food. Beast Boy walked in after with some movies. As the friends settled down for the first movie, they began to argue about what to watch first.

"Dude, I don't understand why we can't just watch a comedy first! Everybody likes funny!" With a look at a glaring Raven, Beast Boy corrected his mistake. "Well, almost everybody."

"We are not going to watch a comedy first because I want to watch a sci-fi. And I'm bigger than you, Grass Stain, so my vote is bigger than your vote," Cyborg yelled at his green comrade.

"Please Friends, we should not yell. Why do we not simply watch the movie I have chosen? It looks to be full of wonderfully happy, many colored 'Bears of Care'," Starfire suggested.

"How about we all just stop arguing and watch the romance I picked out," Robyn said in a flat voice. Suddenly all but two of the people in the room fell silent and sat down immediately. Raven rolled her eyes. Robyn had powers of persuasion, as well as control over wind and ice.

"Why can't you just do things like a normal person? You don't have to make them want to do everything you say. It would be nice to give them a little choice in the matter," Raven said to Robyn, who just grinned at her. Raven was immune to her persuading techniques due to her demonic lineage.

"Isn't it easier than arguing?" she asked innocently.

Raven rolled her eyes again but instead of responding she just sat down to watch the movie.

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Ok, I know I said there would be some Rob/Rae action in this chapter but I had to cut the chapter in half, so it will all be in the next chapter. That is if the next chapter gets posted. If you want the Rae/Rob stuff then somebody better review. I only posted this because I am kind of hooked on writing right now. It's like I can't stop. You people who read and didn't review are lucky I am so obsessed or else this chapter wouldn't be here. Anywho, read and review. If you have time read my other fix called Salvation, what be thy name?

Buh-bye for now,

Raven-Angel-of-Darkness

p.s.- I just checked my review box. I actually have one review. It's from LaughingRanna. Thank you. You are the only one to review chapter four. Oh and I think this is my longest chapter yet. And at the beginnig when Robyn told Robin to tell them what Raven was yelling about, she wan't using her powers. She didn't want to force him to say something Raven didn't want anyone knowing.